Sequestration would negatively impact readiness and training, "indiscriminately" cut funding for nearly 2,500 programs and projects, reduce the number of weapons purchased and create an "unready, hollow military force," the Pentagon's No. 2 official told lawmakers today. Testifying before a sometimes hostile House Armed Services Committee, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter estimated that the Pentagon would buy under sequestration four fewer F-35 aircraft, one less P-8 aircraft, 12 fewer Stryker vehicles and 300 fewer Army medium and heavy tactical vehicles...
